RIVERSIDE: DUI checkpoint nets four arrests, helps lost man

Riverside police conducting DUI checks on Friday, Jan. 31, helped a lost elderly man get home after he approached the checkpoint around midnight, Sgt. Skip Showalter said in a news release.

Police also arrested four people on suspicion of driving under the influence at the checkpoint, which was held from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.Â on Arlington Avenue just east of Streeter Avenue, Showalter wrote. Thirty drivers were cited for driving with a suspended license or no license.

The lost man was 92 years old. He was shivering when he approached police, so they helped him get warm and then took him back to a local board and care facility where he lives.

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